Hat clasp



C. STRAMBINI Feb. 21, 1950 HAT CLASP Filed March 28, 1947 INVENTOR. 'km'sh'n a Szramh'm Wm MW Patented Feb. 21, 1950 Christina Strambini, Bronx, N. Y. V

Application March 28, 1947, Serial No, 737,747

1 Claim. (01. 132-357 This invention relates to improvements in devices for safely securing a ladys hat to the head and, more specifically, it relates to a new and improved hat clasp.

The original hat pin, which is extended laterally through the crown of a hat and through the hair of a person wearing the hat is more of an ornamental character than of great use for securing the hat to the head, and it is not fitting to the modern hat styling. Therefore, the socalled "bobby pins are now in general use, and they are clasped to the rim portion of a hat with one leg engaging a bunch of hair beneath said rim portion. Although a hat may be kept secure by means of several bobby pins, these plain pins used on the hat of a beautifully dressed woman appear very much out of place and cheapen the appearance of an otherwise highly attractive hat.

Therefore, the main object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the character described which can be used in substantially the same manner as a bobby pin, but which secures the hat more safely to the head, which matches the color of a hat, and which-in additioncan be constructed as an ornament that tends to increase the attractiveness of a hat due to the fact that it appears more as an ornamental device than as a utilitarian hat clasp.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the character described which is simple and durable and which may be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

It is also proposed that my new and improved hat clasps be made of flat forms and of different shapes, for artistic purposes. It is furthermore proposed that they be of various colors and suitably provided with surface ornamentation, when desired.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a hat secured to a head by means of preferred embodiments of my invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevation of a preferred embodiment of my invention;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a side elevation of a modification of my invention.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My new and improved hat clasp is formed from a single longitudinal strip of resilient material having a curve near its center portion of one hundred and eighty degrees to provide a bight and a pair of substantially parallel legs I and 2. Said strip can be made of steel, plastic material and the like, and the leg I is preferably partially crimped while the leg '2 is straight. The leg I is preferably somewhat shorter than the leg 2 and the outer extremities of the legs I and 2 are preferably slightly curved outwardly, as may be seen in Figures 2 and 4, for facilitating the insertion of a portion of the hat rim and of a bunch of hair between the legs I and 2 in such a manner that the leg 2 rests against the outer side of the rim portion of the hat while the leg I presses the hair against the inner side of said rim portion. At least the entire leg 2 is provided with a layer 3 of color, or cloth, or Celluloid or the like, which matches the color of the hat.

According to the modification of Figure 4, the entire strip of resilient material is provided with a colored layer 5, which constitutes an envelope completely enclosing said strip. This envelope or layer 5, as well as the layer 3 of the embodiment shown in Figures 2 and 3, increases the width of the leg or legs covered thereby and can be provided with a slightly rough inner surface, so that it will increase the frictional resistance of the clasp relative to the hat and the hair respectively. In this way my new and improved hat clasp will secure the hat more safely to the head than the hitherto used bobby pins and, at the same time, it will improve the appearance of the hat due to the fact that the color of the layer on the leg 2 matches the color of the hat.

If desired, one or more small pieces 4 of ornamental jewelry or any other suitable ornaments can be secured to the upper side of the colored layer which covers the leg '2, so that a highly attractive ornamental effect will be attained.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statementsof the scopeofthe invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described comprising a single longitudinal piece of resilient material being bent near its center portion to a substantially U-shaped formation to provide a bight and a pair of legs, one of the legs being straight and slightly longer than theother while the latter is partially crimped, an ornamentalrcolored; layer which matches the color of a hat being provided at said straight leg, and jewelry being secured to said ornamental layer, the outer extremities of both legs being curved outwardly, and the straight leg being adapted to be slid upon the outer side of the rim portion of a hat while the crimped leg is inserted beneath a layer of hair adjacent the hat, all substantially as described. CHRISTINA STRAMBINI.

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